[Avenstar]

Part of finding the items is knowing what items are found where and how to get them. For instance, the Light Shield and Frontier Phasor can be found in 3 places:
1)Chest in Bayjin hut with single Rynjin Sentry has chance for both
2)Jan-ette may drop either when she dies
3)Buccaneer Ghosts may drop when killed

RPC's slow the growth of the party. Try a group of 4 or less. It allows you to focus more on character development, makes the game more challenging, and will force you to find the best equipment possible as you no longer have those 2 to 7 extra bodies to take hits and dish out damage.